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Chuck Berry, the singer-songwriter often referred to as the father of rock and roll, died Saturday at 90. The St. Charles, Missouri, police department confirmed his death on Facebook. The cause of death was not revealed.

During his 60-year career in music, Berry became the first inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and entered the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985.

His most famous hits include “Roll Over Beethoven,” “My Ding-a-Ling” and “Johnny B. Goode.”